Derek Winnert

The Jazz Singer * (1952, Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz, Mildred Dunnock) – Classic Movie Review 5027

‘It’s joy set to music. A story that sings out to your heart.’ Well, maybe, but more probably maybe not. Danny Thomas steps into Al Jolson’s singing shoes for Michael Curtiz’s slushy 1952 second film […]

Feb, 14 · in Reviews

The Jazz Singer ** (1980, Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz) – Classic Movie Review 4992

The Jazz Singer’s sentimental story exploring the clash of the lure of showbiz versus the pull of family duty is impossibly dated. But director Richard Fleischer’s 1980 third film version of Sampson Raphaelson’s antique play […]

Feb, 14 · in Reviews

California Split **** (1974, George Segal, Elliott Gould, Gwen Welles, Ann Prentiss, Barbara Ruick, Bert Remsen, Jeff Goldblum) – Classic Movie Review 5026

Director Robert Altman’s fine, funny and revealing 1974 comedy character drama stars the very much on-form Elliott Gould and George Segal as wisecracking free spirit Charlie Waters and down on his luck gambler Bill Denny, who are […]

Feb, 14

Running Brave *** (1983, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron, Jeff McCracken, Graham Greene) – Classic Movie Review 4994

Director Donald Shebib’s winning 1983 Canadian sports drama tells the engaging true tale of Billy Mills, the Sioux Indian, who, after quitting his tribe to make his mark in athletics, runs to glory in the […]

Feb, 14

Odds Against Tomorrow **** (1959, Robert Ryan, Harry Belafonte, Ed Begley, Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 4,993

Robert Wise’s 1959 crime thriller film noir Odds Against Tomorrow is intense and exciting, concentrating on character studies of three crooks involved in a big heist on a bank, with a strong, timely plea for […]

Feb, 13

Goal! *** (2005, Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Tony Plana, Miriam Colon, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 5025

Written by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director Danny Cannon’s soapy 2005 sports drama is total hokum but still shrewdly calculated and entertaining. Looking like a cross between the young Antonio […]

Feb, 13

Mystery of the Wax Museum **** (1933, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 5,024

The gruesomely atmospheric 1933 horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum stars Lionel Atwill as Ivan Igor, the scarred museum owner with human wax-covered models. The beautiful restoration of the two-colour Technicolor film reveals it […]

Feb, 13

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